http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com Foot & ankle case presentations. en-us Sun Jan 13 2008 17:13:50 GMT Copyright 2005 OWL Inc. orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (Christian Veillette) orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (OWL Inc.) http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/9314.html From Applied Radiology Radiological Case of the Month Calcaneal Bone Osteomyelitis Posted 08/04/2004 Walter Silbert, MD; Maroun Karam, MD Case Summary A 51-year-old white man with a medical history significant for Type I diabetes mellitus and peripheral vascular disease necessitating multiple prior distal amputations presented with increasing right foot pain. He reported no recent trauma or corticosteroid therapy. Physical examination revealed prior transmetatarsal amputation and a large nonhealing ulcer that penetrated deeply to the lateral aspect of the ankle. In addition, erythema, warmth, and edema of the leg and foot were noted, leading to a strong clinical suspicion of osteomyelitis 2006-04-13 17:13:50 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=9314 Silbert & Karam http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/9269.html Illustrations of the surgical procedure 2006-04-11 17:13:50 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=9269 A.Eid MD http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/9712.html Limb Salvage Using Living Bilayered Cell Therapy and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Healing a Patient with Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Foot and Leg 2006-10-30 17:13:50 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=9712 Marc Katz http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/9226.html Diving Medicine Articles Necrotizing Fasciitis A DAN Member's Brush With the Rare Flesh-Eating Disease Ends Well By Laurie Gowen, DAN Medical Information Specialist What's necrotizing fasciitis? The quick answer is that it's an insidious infection of the soft tissue that causes death of the infected area. It can ruin a perfectly good dive trip, or worse. 2006-04-02 17:13:50 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=9226 Laurie Gowen http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/2869.html 2002-01-31 17:13:50 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=2869 http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/2107.html 2002-01-31 17:13:50 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=2107